The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) issued its report on 4 April into the potential impact of the Jones Act proposals published by the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) on 18 January. IMCA has conducted…
Blake International Rigs signed a contract to mobilize the Blake Rig 651 to Energy XXI’s South Pass 77 C platform. The initial contract term is for one well, which is scheduled to start in late April following a 30-day make ready period at Blake’s Houma facility…
Vantage Drilling has been awarded a nine-month extension for the Aquamarine Driller jackup that is operating in the Malaysia/Thailand joint development area. The jackup has been under contract with Carigali-PTTEP Operating Co. (CPOC)…
Eni started up its new HPC3 (high performance computing) in the Green Data Center in Ferrera Erbognone, Italy. HPC3 allows Eni to fully support all the activities in the exploration and production sector. Together with the co-existing HPC2 system…
Parkmead, the UK and Netherlands focused independent oil and gas group, has nearly doubled its stake in the major Sanda North and Sanda South structures in the West of Shetland area of the UK North Sea. These two large Palaeocene prospects are both located within Block 205/13…
TGS has expanded its North-West African Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) multi-client library in the MSGBC Basin with plans to acquire more than 11,000km of long-offset broadband 2D seismic data together with magnetic and gravity data, in Senegal and Gambia…
Australia’s FAR Ltd. has increased its stakes offshore Guinea-Bissau with plans to drill two exploration wells, and has gained a three-year extension for the area. Map from FAR. FAR…
Kongsberg Maritime, Saipem and Hereema Marine Contractors, have all picked up contracts from Engie E&P Norge to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for modifications at the Gjøa platform in the North Sea. Gjøa…
Statoil has hired the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible rig to drill a total of nine wells offshore the UK and Norway, in a US$113 million deal. From left: Ian Paterson (Transocean Drilling UK)…
Total E&P Norge (Total) has chosen Aptomar’s TCMS collaboration and management system to digitalize and manage environmental monitoring and oil spill detection at its Martin Linge field in the North Sea. The TCMS will combine subsea,…
Orwell Offshore has announced the appointment of Nigel Clark as a director of the company. Clark’s appointment is effective immediately. Clark brings to the position over 30 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas and marine consultancy sectors…
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has issued a Call for Bids in the Jeanne d’Arc Region under the Scheduled Land Tenure Regime in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call for Bids NL17-CFB01 map…
Recent rig count data suggests that there are no big moves over or under for offshore rig counts from February through end of March 2017. Baker Hughes released its latest US rig count numbers on Friday, 31 March, showing an increase of four units over week ago…
Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market position in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than US$49.8 million (£40 million). The contracts involve a number of EnerMech service lines including cranes and lifting…
GE Oil & Gas and Lekoil have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of a work program for the Ogo field in OPL310, offshore Nigeria. As part of the activities towards the development of the field, Lekoil says it…
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